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I am a soprano local to KW. My degrees include a BMus in Voice Performance and Music History from Laurier, and an MMus and DMA in Voice Performance from the University of Western Ontario. During my DMA I pursued ground-breaking interdisciplinary research into muscle tension voice disorders.
I am passionate about music – learning, sharing through performing, and nurturing my students. I enjoy performing in opera, oratorio, and recital, especially innovative and interdisciplinary productions. My first love as a solo singer was and is art song, as I have a real enthusiasm for poetry and foreign language study. I am thrilled to instruct and coordinate integrated musician pedagogy and wellness and foundational vocal techniques at my alma mater, Wilfrid Laurier University.
I also welcome students from beginner to professional-level to my private studio, centering lessons around student-goals – anything from pursuing music as a career and learning sustainability in professional singing practice, to singing or playing the piano for the very first time. One of my mantras as a voice teacher is “Anyone can sing!”
My primary research interests are in the field of vocal health and singing, specifically into chronic occupational vocal dysfunction in singers, such as muscle tension voice disorders. This research intersects with vocal pedagogy, especially regarding the benefits of cross-training, the need for more comprehensive vocal health and pedagogy education, a reduction of stigma towards vocal dysfunction, and granting students greater agency over their own voices and wellness.
I’m also interested in pursuing use of art song recitals as a vehicle for composer-like self-expression for the performer both in terms of creativity, and in terms of speaking to important topics such as mental health and feminism.
- Joan Frey Boytim Award for Independent Voice Teachers 2022
- Research poster presentation at the Fall 2020 annual conference of the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (CSOHNS)
- Research poster presentation at NATS Ontario 2019 – “No Space to Sing: A Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of Classical Singers with Primary Muscle Tension Dysphonia” (completed study)
- Study design and preliminary research poster presentation at NATS 2018 – “No Space to Sing”
- UWO Graduate Student Teaching Award Recipient June 2018 and nominee June 2016
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018
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Languages spoken: Fluent in English; Working Knowledge: French, German, Italian; Sung: Russian, Latin, Spanish